Why do kids quit wrestling??? All you have to do is go to any kids tourney and watch the crowd lining the mat screaming bloody murder at some five or nine year old who is doing his darndest to learn a very tough group of skills and you will have some idea why they quit. They don't quit because they lose, they don't quit because they aren't good at it, they quit because it is absolutely gut wrenching to have to go out there and have that kind of pressure put on you at that age. The better question is why in the world would they ever want to do that in the first place. I wrestled or coached nearly all my life and I sware it is a wonder we can keep any of those kids out for a sport where they are so desperately misstreated by so many people they thought loved them. Just sit and watch and tell me if all and I mean all of those people standing around those mats were in the stands if it would not be a wholey better experience for everyone around. It is a total disgrace and it is killing the sport. Most of those jokers have never been on a mat in anger in their lives or they would have some appreciation for how difficult it is without your parents standing nine feet from you berating you like you were worthless.